Boris Bekenshteyn was born in Tulchin, Ukraine (USSR), 1909 to Iosif. He was married to Olga. Prior to WWII he lived in Pavlograd, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Pavlograd, Ukraine (USSR). Boris was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Dorotskoye, Ukraine (USSR), 15/05/1944.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.